ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,538, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Electronic device for obtaining distance information and method for controlling the same" was invented by Doukyoung Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jina Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chulkwi Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jongmin Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes an image sensor, a light transmission module including light transmission elements, a light reception module including light reception elements, and a processor operatively connected with the image sensor, the light transmiss...